Garment protector



Dec. I929.

' a. EDELMAN GARM T PROTECTOR Filed Sept :50. 1926 INVENTOR Patented Dec. 31, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- BENJAMIN EDELMAN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT PROTECTOR Application flledISeptembe r a0, 1926. Serial No. 133,715.

provide a simple, inexpensive, conveniently.

and economically manufacturable, conveniently utilizable, efiicient, and improved device for this purpose.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,'

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the garmen protecter, showing it while in use upon the garment, as the latter is supported by the garment hanger.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the garment protector shown in Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and 4 show, in perspective, modifications of the garment protector.

The garment protector 1 comprises a substantially circularly-shaped. sheet 2, preferably of stiff linenized paper; Said sheet is folded in half, thereby forming a crease 3 a pair of downwardly hanging semicircular leaves 4. In the centre of the'sheet 2 is formed an opening 5, preferably of substantially elliptical configuration, which opening 30 thus constitutes anoutlet for the hook 6 of.

the garment-hanger 7, as shown in Fig. 1. The crease 3 and edge 8 of the opening 5 are reinforced by a binding 9, and the circular periphery 10 of the sheet is also reinforced by a binding.

When using the garment protector it is simply slipped over the hanger 7 and garment V 11, in the manner shown in Fig. 1. It will be evident that with the utilization of this that passes through its centre and providing the garments is thereby prevented. When shifting the hangers with the garments along such rod, as when removing or replacing some of them, the garments are protected against being soiled by the hands, as the handling during shifting-can be done with the hands coming in contact only with the leaves 4 of the protectors instead of directly with the garments. The foregoing advantages are of particular value in ladies dress stores, or similar situations, where a large quantity of garments is currently kept in closets upon hangers sus-- pended from rods, and the trade necessitates the constant shifting of the garments for demonstration and sale.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, a pair of parallel creases 12 is provided, in place of the single crease 3 in Fig. 1, and a protector built according to this modification is particularly adapted for spring and winter coats, whereas the protector shown in Fig. 1 is more adaptable for such garments as ladies dresses, etc.

According to the modification shown in Fig. 4, pairs of creases 13 converge from the periphery of the sheet 2 toward the opening 5, which creases provide portions 14 that are inclined and tend to follow the shapes of the shoulder-portions of the hangers and garments, and a protector of this modification is particularly adaptable for mens coats and overcoats.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim z.-

For use in combination with a garment hanger having a yoke and a hook projecting 'from the center of the yoke, a garment protector, comprising a substantially circular integral piece of flexible sheet material having a crease along the center line of the same, whereupon it may be folded and then placed on the garment hanger, its creased portion resting on the shoulder portion of the garment and two depending-substantially semicircular halves protecting the front and the back of the garment, respectively, said piece of material also having an opening provided about its center to receive the projecting hook of the garment hanger, and reinforcing strips of flexible material pasted around the inner i and outer edges and along the creases of said circular piece of material.

Signed at'the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,

this 24th day of September, A. D. 1926.

BENJAMIN EDELMAN. 

